Arrhyton redimitum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Arrhyton
Species: Arrhyton redimitum

Name

Arrhyton redimitum (Cope, 1862)

• Holotype: USNM 29769 (formerly USNM 5747), collected by Charles Wright between 1856–1862.
• Type locality: “Eastern Cuba”.

Combinations

• Colorhogia redimita Cope, 1862: 81 [original combination]
• Cryptodacus redimitus — Bocourt, 1883: 561 [subsequent combination]
• Arrhyton redimitum — Boulenger, 1894: 252 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1862. Synopsis of the Species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with Diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 60–82. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hedges, S.B. & Garrido, O.H. 1992. Cuban snakes of the genus Arrhyton: two new species and a reconsideration of A. redimitum Cope. Herpetologica 48(2): 168–177. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Fong, A. 2017. IUCN: Arrhyton redimitum  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T190593A71748301. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T190593A71748301.en. Accessed on 24 August 2026.